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27/100

✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 27 out of 100. End-of-life care

Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies

Advance care planning aims to allow individuals to discuss their goals and preferences for future medical and nursing care with family members and medical personnel in advance when they still have decision-making ability, so that individuals can receive medical care that meets their preferences when they lose their decision-making ability. Advance care planning in dementia population in China is still in infancy, this study aims to explore the research progress of advance care planning in dementia population, and provide theoretical references for the implementation of advance care planning in China.Relevant domestic and international databases were searched to provide an overview of the concept of advance care planning, intervention strategies, and intervention considerations for dementia patients. This review found that existing studies demonstrated the benefits of advance care planning in dementia patients; the intervention strategies were mostly based on face-to-face structured discussions about the understanding of disease, future goals of care, and care preferences of dementia patients, and the intervention considerations mainly included the timing of implementation, assessment of the decision-making capacity of dementia patients, promotion of family involvement, and training of the intervention implementer. The implementation of advance care planning in dementia population had been demonstrated to be positive overall, but the long-term effectiveness of most intervention implementation strategied requires further research.

Key findings

This review found that existing studies demonstrated the benefits of advance care planning in dementia patients; the intervention strategies were mostly based on face-to-face structured discussions about the understanding of disease, future goals of care, and care preferences of dementia patients, and the intervention considerations mainly included the timing of implementation, assessment of the decision-making capacity of dementia patients, promotion of family involvement, and training of the intervention implementer.
The implementation of advance care planning in dementia population had been demonstrated to be positive overall, but the long-term effectiveness of most intervention implementation strategied requires further research.

Why it matters

This review summarises intervention strategies for advance care planning in dementia patients, mostly face-to-face structured discussions about disease understanding, future care goals and preferences. It is about care planning, not treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's disease.

Study details

Evidence strengthLow

How this study scored 27/100

Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record and senior author's track record, so those were left out: it earned 25 of the 92 points we could judge it on, which is 27 out of 100.

Component	Points	Why
Journal tier	7 / 10	Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals))
Journal's citation record	— / 4	No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score
Study design	0 / 12	No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Strength of evidence	1 / 5	Rated “low” in our summary
Peer-review validation	10 / 10	Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal.
How recent	4 / 5	2025 — within 3 year(s) of the newest study here
Sample size	0 / 4	Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Effect reported	0 / 3	No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Studied in people	0 / 3	Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Randomised / blinded	0 / 2	No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Times cited	0 / 7	Cited 0 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10)
Citations per year	0 / 5	0.0 citations a year over 3 year(s) since 2025
Impact for its field and year	0 / 6	Cited 0.0× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI)
Cited by studies here	0 / 6	No other study in this library cites it
Still being cited	0 / 4	Cited 0 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex)
Senior author's track record	— / 4	Senior author's record not available — left out of this score
Institution's track record	0 / 3	Xi'an Jiaotong University: institution h-index 666 (OpenAlex)
Multi-centre collaboration	0 / 3	OpenAlex lists 1 institution(s) in 1 country — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete)
Indexed in PubMed	1 / 2	Not in PubMed, but has a DOI
Free to read	2 / 2	Free to read
Points	25 / 92	Scored on 18 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 25 of the 92 points we could judge it on is 27 out of 100.
Total	27 / 100	—

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APA 7th

Xi, Z., Chengguo, G. U. A. N., Jing, W. A. N. G., Dingxin, X. U., & Bo, Z. (2025). Advances in Intervention Strategies for Advance Care Planning in Dementia Patients. DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals). https://doi.org/10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2023.0615

Vancouver

Xi Z, Chengguo GUAN, Jing WANG, Dingxin XU, Bo Z. Advances in Intervention Strategies for Advance Care Planning in Dementia Patients. DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals). 2025. doi:10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2023.0615.

BibTeX

@article{xi2025-a2443f0e,
  author  = {Xi, ZHANG and Chengguo, GUAN and Jing, WANG and Dingxin, XU and Bo, ZHANG},
  title   = {{Advances in Intervention Strategies for Advance Care Planning in Dementia Patients}},
  journal = {DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)},
  year    = {2025},
  doi     = {10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2023.0615},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2023.0615}
}

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